Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SACUL soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SACUL, and applied along 1-cm thick depth slices. Solid lines are the slice-wise median, bounded on either side by the interval defined by the slice-wise 5th and 95th percentiles. The median is the value that splits the data in half. Five percent of the data are less than the 5th percentile, and five percent of the data are greater than the 95th percentile. Values along the right hand side y-axis describe the proportion of pedon data that contribute to aggregate values at this depth. For example, a value of "90%" at 25cm means that 90% of the pedons correlated to SACUL were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
11976-OK-40-276-OK079-40-2Sacul4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties34.7622139,-94.7097583
11976-OK-40-576-OK079-40-5Sacul4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties34.6033056,-94.797575
133B40A442376AR103001Sacul6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties33.4302788,-93.0961075
133B40A136576LA017004Sacul3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties33.0186111,-93.9533333
133B87P040086LA085017Sacul7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties31.6144447,-93.3466644
n/aS83TX419003S83TX419003Sacul5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SACUL soil series. Monthly precipitation (PPT) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) have been estimated from the 50th percentile of gridded values (PRISM 1981-2010) overlapping with the extent of SSURGO map units containing each series as a major component. Monthly PET values were estimated using the method of Thornthwaite (1948). These (and other) climatic parameters are calculated with each SSURGO refresh and provided by the fetchOSD function of the soilDB package. Representative water storage values (“AWC” in the figures) were derived from SSURGO by taking the 50th percentile of profile-total water storage (sum[awc_r * horizon thickness]) for each soil series. Note that this representation of “water storage” is based on the average ability of most plants to extract soil water between 15 bar (“permanent wilting point”) and 1/3 bar (“field capacity”) matric potential. Soil moisture state can be roughly interpreted as “dry” when storage is depleted, “moist” when storage is between 0mm and AWC, and “wet” when there is a surplus. Clearly there are a lot of assumptions baked into this kind of monthly water balance. This is still a work in progress.

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the SACUL series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the SACUL series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the SACUL series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Small Shannon entropy values suggest relatively consistent geomorphic association, while larger values suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records .

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There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with SACUL share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the SACUL series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the SACUL series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Shannon entropy values close to 0 represent soil series with relatively consistent geomorphic association, while values close to 1 suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records .

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There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with SACUL, arranged according to family differentiae. Hovering over a series name will print full classification and a small sketch from the OSD. Source: snapshot of SC database .

Block Diagrams

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  1. LA-2012-04-27-01 | De Soto Parish - October 1991

    Relationship of soils, elevation, and geologic formations in the Tertiary uplands (Soil Survey of De Soto Parish, Louisiana; October 1991).

  2. TX-2010-11-03-36 | Houston County - 2002

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Cuthbert-Kirvin-Lilbert general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Houston County, Texas; 2002).

  3. TX-2012-03-19-04 | Angelina County - February 1988

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Sacul-Cuthbert-Kirvin map unit (Soil Survey of Angelina County, TX; 1988).

  4. TX-2012-03-21-05 | Harrison County - October 1994

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Cuthbert-Bowie-Kirvin general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Harrison County, TX; 1994).

  5. TX-2012-03-21-78 | Smith County - July 1993

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Bowie-Cuthbert-Kirvin general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Smith County, TX; 1993).

Map Units

Map units containing SACUL as a major component. Limited to 250 records.

Map Unit Name Symbol Map Unit Area (ac) Map Unit Key National Map Unit Symbol Soil Survey Area Publication Date Map Scale
Sacul loamy sand, 6 to 10 percent slopes372175330220c2m8al08119791:20000
Sacul loamy sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes362150330219c2m7al08119791:20000
Sacul silt loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes381000330221c2m9al08119791:20000
Sacul sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopesSaC1120331282c3qjal10719971:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes2921425650792tlkcar00319771:20000
Sacul-Smithdale association, rolling63272743179399lynxar01919831:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes571843831793922tztdar01919831:20000
Saffell-Sacul association, rolling6681473179402lyp0ar01919831:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes58714431793932zk0tar01919831:20000
Sacul-Ruston association, undulating6266323179398lynwar01919831:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes5916003179394lynrar01919831:20000
Sacul gravelly fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes6013893179396lyntar01919831:20000
Sacul gravelly fine sandy loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes611473179397lynvar01919831:20000
Smithdale-Bowie-Sacul association, undulating77363179414lypdar01919831:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes25762195653612tlkdar02719831:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes2683265653622zk0tar02719831:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes2454735653602tlkcar02719831:20000
Sacul soils, 3 to 8 percent slopes, erodedScC211678565473lzf2ar04319721:24000
Sacul soils, 1 to 3 percent slopes, erodedScB27577565472lzf1ar04319721:24000
Sacul loam, 8 to 12 percent slopesSaD1840565471lzf0ar04319721:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes10C2814017158841vlj3ar05320061:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes10D1143717158852zk0tar05320061:24000
Sacul gravelly fine sandy loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes11C1002817158871vlj6ar05320061:24000
Sacul gravelly fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes11E957917158891vlj8ar05320061:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes10E899717158861vlj5ar05320061:24000
Sacul gravelly fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes11D391017158881vlj7ar05320061:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes35392255656612tlkdar05719761:20000
Sacul-Kirvin association, rolling3732620565663lzm6ar05719761:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes36158705656622zk0tar05719761:20000
Saffell-Sacul association, rolling66241763179292lyp0ar05919831:20000
Sacul-Smithdale association, rolling63157043179289lynxar05919831:20000
Smithdale-Bowie-Sacul association, undulating7770283179304lypdar05919831:20000
Sacul gravelly fine sandy loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes6161853179287lynvar05919831:20000
Sacul gravelly fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes6044443179286lyntar05919831:20000
Sacul-Ruston association, undulating6223933179288lynwar05919831:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes57224231792822tztdar05919831:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes5891331792832zk0tar05919831:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes59323179284lynrar05919831:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 8 to 12 percent slopesSaD20365565712lznsar06119701:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesSaC16874565711lznrar06119701:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesSaB1077565710lznqar06119701:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesSaC362637214882tlkdar09920001:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopesSaE187867214902zk0xar09920001:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesSaD118777214892zk0tar09920001:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesSaB41857214872tlkcar09920001:24000
Kirvin-Sacul association, rollingKSC41059566057m00xar10319691:20000
Sacul-Kirvin association, undulatingSKB27844566072m01dar10319691:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesSaC57535660742tlkdar10319691:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesSaE55725660752zk0tar10319691:20000
Kirvin-Sacul association, hillyKSD5146566058m00yar10319691:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesSaB37915660732tlkcar10319691:20000
Sacul very fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes26D4732317075241v9tfar13319961:24000
Sacul very fine sandy loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes26C908117075231v9tdar13319961:24000
Sacul very gravelly loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes27C300517075251v9tgar13319961:24000
Sacul-Sawyer complex, 1 to 8 percent slopesScC1766455792072zry6ar13919921:24000
Sacul-Sawyer complex, 8 to 15 percent slopesScD27350579206mfq2ar13919921:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 8 percent slopesSaC25397579189mfpjar13919921:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopesSaE200265791912zk0xar13919921:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesSaD122775791902zk0tar13919921:24000
Sacul-Smithdale association, gently rolling2021167564675lylbar62019771:20000
Sacul-Sawyer association, gently rolling1920658564673lyl8ar62019771:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes16185515646702tztdar62019771:20000
Smithdale-Sacul association, rolling2916199564684lylmar62019771:20000
Sacul association, rolling1811201564672lyl7ar62019771:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes1786975646712zk0tar62019771:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes1519195646692tlkcar62019771:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes40247905648632tztdar66019751:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes3989965648612tlkcar66019751:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes59425405649352tlkdar67019811:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes60241015649372zk0tar67019811:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes6113413564938lyvtar67019811:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes5865675649342tlkcar67019811:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes6233745649392zk0xar67019811:20000
Sacul-Urban land complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes632328564940lyvwar67019811:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes3243515643162tztdar68019801:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopesSCE8019517246022tf4mla01319921:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesScC3064117246052tnhxla01319921:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 15 percent slopesSaF219865709692tf4nla01520051:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes, moistSaC144905709682v9rhla01520051:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopesSAK77445710032zk0xla01520051:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSaC639528057362tnhxla01720131:24000
Savannah-Sacul association, gently slopingSH4837817256671vxppla02119851:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 12 percent slopesSC4767417256662zk0sla02119851:24000
Darley-Sacul complex, 12 to 30 percent slopesDy45318569316m3f1la02719861:20000
Sacul very fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopesSc410055693322ynxwla02719861:20000
Sacul very fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSa171745693312tnjdla02719861:20000
Sacul gravelly fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopesSk13956569334m3fmla02719861:20000
Sacul gravelly fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSg2650569333m3flla02719861:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 12 to 30 percent slopesSu210817245572zb6kla03119861:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSa112617245552tnhxla03119861:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopesSc18417245562tf4mla03119861:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopesSCE10861017252682tnhzla04919911:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesScC3501017252692tnhxla04919911:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopesSb512716001892tnhzla05919861:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSa64216001882tnhxla05919861:24000
Darley-Sacul association, 12 to 30 percent slopesDRF35746571117m594la06119911:24000
Sacul very fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopesSCE323425711272ynxwla06119911:24000
Sacul very fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesScC114715711282tnjdla06119911:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopesSc7650119031262tf4mla06919831:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSa5406419031252tnhxla06919831:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopesSCE6428419030492tf4mla08519911:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesScC4904619030522tnhxla08519911:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 12 to 30 percent slopesSCF1541319030502zb6kla08519911:24000
Sacul very fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopesSB2979117253612ynxwla11119921:24000
Sacul very fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSa1931517253602tnjdla11119921:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopesSAE613717255712tf4mla11519921:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSaC482217255722tnhxla11519921:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopesSC183855703642tf4mla11919891:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSa148505703662tnhxla11919891:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopesSC14768517259792tnhzla12719911:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes, moistSa4041717259782v9rhla12719911:24000
Kirvin-Sacul association, slopingKnE80161575149m9h6tx00119701:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSaC42795751642tnhxtx00119701:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSaB103985752432tnhxtx00519841:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 15 percent slopesSaD81585752442tf4ntx00519841:24000
Sacul-Urban land complex, 1 to 5 percent slopesSbB152575245m9l9tx00519841:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes3024915752762tlkdtx03719781:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 8 to 12 percent slopes311979575277m9mbtx03719781:20000
Sacul-Urban land complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes32580575278m9mctx03719781:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesBf4664857531030n2htx07319491:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesBd386595753082tlkdtx07319491:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, sloping, erodedBe6365575309m9nctx07319491:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, strongly sloping, erodedBg5051575311m9nftx07319491:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesBc35745753072tlkctx07319491:20000
Sacul sandy clay loam, strongly sloping, severely erodedBh244575312m9ngtx07319491:20000
Sacul very fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSaC118435764612tnjdtx20319891:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesSaB71015755502tlkctx22519941:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes55188895756672tnhxtx34719761:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes56188385756682tnhztx34719761:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopesSaF44315757042tnhztx36519711:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSaC25515757032tnhxtx36519711:20000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesSaB135975782452tlkctx40119931:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSaC9235757632tnhxtx41920021:24000
Sacul very fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSaC13875758262tnjdtx42319871:24000
Sacul very fine sandy loam, 5 to 15 percent slopesSaD664575827mb62tx42319871:24000
Sacul very fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesSaB2630576071mbfytx49919931:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 15 percent slopesSaD90445761222tf4ntx60319841:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSaC19825761212tnhxtx60319841:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopesSaD11331576164mbjytx60819811:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSaC63265761632tnhxtx60819811:24000
Sacul-Urban land complex, 2 to 8 percent slopesSuC1951576165mbjztx60819811:24000
Sacul very fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSaC9435764782tnjdtx61620041:24000
Sacul fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopesSaB793918947892tnhxtx61920071:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SACUL soil series. To learn more about how this distribution was mapped, or to compare this soil series extent to others, use the Series Extent Explorer (SEE) application. Source: generalization of SSURGO geometry .